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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK 427 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK 427 Course Title: THEORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ARCHAEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer YALÇIN KAMIŞ (yalcinkamis@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) YALÇIN KAMIŞ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Discuss theoretical issues in Archaeology.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-10 Make effective introduction of their fields
PO-12 Use ,analyse and apply theoretic and applied knowledge acquired in archaeology in the field of education, research and public service
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Obsidian theory, theories of the Neolithic, urbanization, the Anatolian-Balkan relations, the Indo-European thesis, Naval tribal migrations, such as Mushkian Mita theoretical issues discussed in archeology, anthropology, archeology-related.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to Theoretical Archaeology: Terminology and Definitions Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
2 New Theory of Obsidian Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
3 Food Production Experience at Pre-Neolithic Societies Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
4 Agricultural Revolution and Surplus Value Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
5 New Perspectives in Archaeology: the example of Gobeklitepe Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
6 Commune, and Class Society: the Example of Çatalhöyük Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
7 Uruk Colonial System and the City-State Process, Urban Theory Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
8 mid-term exam
9 Pre-Industrial Urban Theory Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
10 Relation of Archaeology-Anthropology Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
11 Cultural Relations and Problems of Chronology at Anatolian-Balkan Relations Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
12 Indo-European Thesis Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
13 Sea tribes migrations and Dark Age of Anatolia Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
14 Phenomenon of Muskhian Mita Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
15 Evaluation and Interpretation Methods at Archaeological Methodology Lecture Expressions & Visula Instruction (Photos, Drawings, Video, Map, etc.)
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 ADAMS, R.M.; Heartland of Cities: Surveys of Ancient Settlement and Land Use of the Central Floodplain of the Euphrates (Chicago, 1981)
2 AKTÜRE, S.; Anadolu’da Bronz Çağı Kentleri (İstanbul, 1994)
3 ALGAZE, G.; The Uruk World System (Chicago, 1993)
4 BRAIDWOOD, R.J.; Tarih Öncesi İnsan (İstanbul 1995)
5 CHILDE, G.; Doğu’nun Prehistoryası (Ankara, 1971)
6 CHILDE, G.; Tarihte Neler Oldu (Ankara 1974)
7 CHILDE, G.; Kendini Yaratan İnsan, İnsanın Çağlar Boyu Gelişi (Ankara 1996)
8 ÇEVİK, Ö.; Arkeolojik Kanıtlar Işığında Tarihte İlk Kentler ve Kentleşme Süreci, Kuramsal Bir Değerlendirme (İstanbul, 2005)
9 DOLUKHANOV, P.; Eski Ortadoğu'da Çevre ve Etnik Yapı (Ankara, 1998)
10 FRANGIPANE, M.; Yakındoğu’da Devletin Doğuşu (İstanbul, 2002)
11 HODDER, I. – HUTSON, S.; Geçmişi Okumak, Arkeoloji Yorumunda Güncel Yaklaşımlar (Cambridge, 1987)
12 HODDER, I. ; Çatalhöyük : Leoparın Öyküsü (İstanbul, 2006)
13 HOUT, J.-L. Ve diğ. (Yay. haz.); Ketlerin Doğuşu (Ankara, 2000)
14 JASANOFF, J..H.; Hittite & the Indo-European Verbs (Oxford, 2005)
15 MAISELS, C.K.; Uygarlığın Doğusu (İstanbul, 1999)
16 MARINGER, J.; The Gods of Prehistoric Man: History of Religion (New York, 2002)
17 MITHEN, S.; Aklın Tarihöncesi (Ankara, 1999)
18 ÖZDOĞAN, M. – BAŞGELEN, N. (Yay. haz.); Türkiye’de Neolitik Dönem. Anadolu’da Uygarlığın Doğuşu ve Avrupa’ya Yayılımı - Yeni Kazılar, Yeni Bulgular (İstanbul, 2007)
19 ÖZBEK, M.; Dünden Bugüne İnsan (İstanbul, 2000)
20 RENFREW, C.; Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins (Cambridge, 1987)
21 RENFREW, C. – BAHN, P.; Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practies (London, 1996)
22 SANDERS, N.K.; Sea Peoples: Warriors of the ancient Mediterranean (London, 1985)
23 SCHIDT, K.; Taş Çağı Avcılarının Gizemli Kutsal Alanı Göbekli Tepe, En Eski Tapınağı Yapanlar (İstanbul, 2007)
24 ŞENEL, A.; İlkel Topluluktan Uygar Topluma Geçiş Aşamasında Ekonomik Toplumsal Düşünsel Yapıların Etkileşimi (Ankara, 1995)
25 ŞENEL, A.; Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi, Tarihöncesinde İlkçağda Ortaçağda ve Yeniçağda Toplum ve Siyasal Düşünüş (Ankara, 1995)
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, Projection, Sound Systems, etc.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 14 56
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 12 48
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 2 2
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 2 2 4
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 170